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- Early
Spring Jig Combo
- When early Spring
arrives a lot of attention turns to a jig-n-pig combination
for bass. This has long been a favorite, and rightfully
so, as it is a great producer for lunker bass. However,
during the last two seasons I’ve found a smaller
and slimmer jig combination. The combination, which I
found to be very productive, is the...
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- Spinnerbaits
& Buzzbaits: Where, When, And How !
- When I saw my first
spinnerbait, I found myself asking, "what kind of
fish would be stupid enough to strike at a lure like this?"
It did not take too long for me to find out! The next
day I caught a largemouth bass around 2 pounds and was
hooked on the concept. Spinnerbaits come in many forms.
Single, double and triple bladed...
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- The
Versatile Jerkbait
- With
so many lures available on the market today, it is often
a daunting task to decide what is good for a particular
situation, time of day, water clarity and temperature.
The jerkbait is a lure that can produce quality fish
for almost all situations, in both still and moving
water. What is more, the adaptability of this bait makes
it a...
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- Crankbait
Fishing: Bass, Walleye, And Pike
- "If
you never tried or have had little success using crankbait
to catch bass, walleye or any of the pike family; read
on, I may convince you to give it a try. To begin, let’s
focus on bass, the largest member of the sunfish family.
During certain times of day, bass like to move into
deeper water. There are many reasons why this “transition”...
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- Gitzits:
The B.A.S.S. Classic And Long Island's Favorite Bait
- Gitzits
or tubebaits, as they are more commonly known, are without
doubt the strangest looking lure ever invented. My bass
club on Long Island introduced me to gitzits. Founding
members of the club, Joe Modashel and his wife Alicia,
have over the years mastered the technique of fishing
these baits. Joe would even admit...
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- Lipless
Crankbaits: Worth A Second Chance
- My
first introduction to lipless crankbaits, was when I
won twenty of them in a raffle on Lake Cayuga in upstate
New York. The following week, I tried in vain to catch
fish with this noisy, skinny looking object. What I
did catch was wood, weeds and rocks. So the lures remained
in the bottom of the tackle bag collecting dust like...
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- Tools
Or Toys ?
- The
other day while I was putting away tackle, I came across
boxes full of lures and baits. They had been used once
or twice and retired to “this lure has no purpose”
status. I began to wonder how did I come to own these
“losers” of the fishing lure world. It didn’t
take long to realize, I had purchased these items because
I had not...
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- Braided
VS Mono
- For
those of you who suddenly feel as though you've come
under a full-on advertising assault of the senses, regarding
whether braided style or monofilament line is the right
choice, you need not feel alone. I empathize! For the
last five or six years the amount of line options available
to the bass angler has nearly quadrupled...
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- The
Carolina Rig: In-Depth
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I will show you the different rigs and when to use them,
different retrieves for both active and inactive fish,
and a variety of lures that work best in several situations...
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- To
Tube, or Not to Tube
- When most anglers hear
the words tube jig, they think of some clear, rocky,
smallmouth infested lake. Yes this is the perfect bait
for those conditions, but a tube jig can be used in
any type of cover and conditions, to catch some pretty
hefty largemouth. The reasons being...
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- Jigs
and Jig Fishing
- As everyone knows that
has fished with me, I love jigs!!!! Yes, I think that
highly of them, and they have rewarded me with lots
of bass over the last 10 years. As bass baits go the
jig has replaced the plastic worm as my number one go
to bait. Jigs are in a family of lures called jump baits,
that is they are baits that are worked up and down in
the water column. However, if you are just working jigs
up and down, you will only...
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- The
Bug of the Mud and Other Tweaked Baits
- The first time I tied
the bait on I new it would be magic. I used it a few
times when nothing else worked and it did not fail me.
One day I was on Cayuga Lake in a tournament being backseated
or front ended (yes, it happens to everyone when they
start out, we have a sign painted on our back and its
green), and we were fishing the Seneca locks area after
a morning of small weed bed fish looking for a "slobber
hagen"...
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- Wacky
Worming
- Over the last three
years the most consistant bass catcher I have used has
been the "Wacky Worm," a.k.a. "Jersey
rig". The rig that most people look at and say
how can that silly little worm catch anything? Well,
once again it does not matter what we as the fisherman
think looks good, but rather what Mr. Bass thinks that
matters. The Jersey rig was first used years ago when
the first rubber worms were sold...
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- Trapping
A Bass
- In our ongoing quest
to find new and improved ways to catch more bass, sometimes
the answer is right before our very eyes. So often the
most effective means of boating more fish is so simple,
we simply overlook it. Chances are it is right in front
of you, but you don’t see it. It’s like
not being able to see the forest, for the trees, so
to speak. What is it? The ole’ reliable....
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- Tubing
On The Big Water
- We bass angler’s
are always looking for new weapons in our ever growing
arsenal of tackle. If it is new or different and catches
fish, we want one, or two or three…. The tube
jig is just such a bait. Although on the market for
several years now, tube baits have undergone some changes
and are making a big comeback. Denny Brauer, last year’s
Bassmaster Classic champion, brought the bait back into
the spotlight following his...
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- Versatility - Key to Success
- In today’s highly pressured and competitive fishing world, you can no longer just master one type of fishing technique or lure. If you do, when the checks are handed out at the end of a long day, your name will not be called. If you have noticed over the past few years, some of the biggest names in Professional Fishing who once where known for fishing specific baits such as jigs, crankbaits or topwaters have started winning tournaments by fishing other baits...
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